"" is a concert video recorded on Ringo Sheena's nationwide "" tour in the summer of 2003. The DVD was released on December 17, 2003, by distributor Toshiba EMI/Virgin Music.
The first pressing of the DVD was available as a special limited edition, entitled "" and included a book attached to the DVD case which included a photographic history of Sheena's life and musical activities over the past five years, as well as bonus video content on the DVD.
Outline
"Electric Mole" is a recording of the final concert of Sheena's nationwide 2003 "" tour, held at the Nippon Budokan. The concert showcases a variety of songs from her debut album, Muzai Moratorium, sophomore album Shōso Strip, and cover album Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi.
Midway through the concert, footage cuts to a different night's performance, skipping the songs "Kōfukuron" and "Ringo no Uta", the debut of the latter, which were played live but did not make it onto the concert DVD. Consequently, some fans expressed disappointment with the way the footage was edited for the DVD.
As background video displayed during the concert shows Sheena's trademark mole disappearing from her left cheek, the DVD's title of "Electric Mole" is assumed to refer to this, and the way she later had the mole surgically removed in the winter of 2003.
Tracklist
Sugoroku Ecstasy " " is the third nationwide concert tour by Ringo Sheena. The tour was in support of her third album, Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana, though she performed material from her first two albums extensively, and spanned eight cities in prefectures across Japan, namely Tokyo, Aichi, Hiroshima, Hyougo, Kyoto, Hokkaido, Fukuoka and Okinawa. Two tour dates each were held in Tokyo and Fukuoka, for a total of ten. The tour initially spanned August 23 to September 21, with the final Budokan concert on September 27 added at the end.
This tour is characterized by a greater inclusion of cover songs than any of her past concerts.
A special limited edition Duesenberg DSR-SR Ringo Sheena model guitar, nicknamed the "" and patterned after Sheena's signature model electric guitar, was produced for sale by "Duesenberg Guitars" to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her debut.
Tour Dates Date City Prefecture Venue August 23, 2003ShibuyaTokyoShibuya Public Hall August 24, 2003 August 27, 2003 Nagoya Aichi Nagoya Civic Hall August 30, 2003 Hiroshima Hiroshima Wel-City Hiroshima September 1, 2003 Kobe Hyōgo Kobe International Hall September 3, 2003 Kyoto Kyoto Kyoto Kaikan First Hall September 9, 2003 Hakodate Hokkaido Hakodate Civic Hall September 16, 2003FukuokaFukuokaFukuoka Sunpalace September 17, 2003 September 21, 2003 Ginowan Okinawa Okinawa Convention Center Additional concert September 27, 2003 Chiyoda Tokyo Nippon Budokan
Backing Band This tour marks the formation of the band that would later be known as "", although the members served as Sheena's backing band and were not formally introduced until the conclusion of the tour.
Tour members' names were written out in katakana with the exclusion of the final character. For example, keyboard player H ZHETT M's name was rendered as "ヒイズミ マサユ機" (Hiizumi Masayuki).
Vocals, Electric bass guitar: シーナ リン湖 Sheena Ringo Electric bass guitar: カメダ セー時 Kameda Seiji Electric guitar: ヒラマ ミキ緒 Hirama Mikio Piano: ヒーズミ マサユ季 Hiizumi Masayuki Drums: ハタ トシ樹 Hata Toshiki
References
External links DVD entry at Sheena's official site Kronekodow PE'Z official site pe'zmoku official site